Jani Erola
jani.erola@utu.fi +358 29 450 2157 +358 40 512 5286 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku Office: 497 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8008-7032 |
Areas of expertise
socioeconomic inheritance, social moblity, social class, education, income, inequality, life course
socioeconomic inheritance, social moblity, social class, education, income, inequality, life course
Research community or research topic
INVEST Research Flagship
INVEST Research Flagship
Biography
Jani Erola is Professor of Sociology at the University of Turku and the director of INVEST Research Flagship Center (invest.utu.fi). His research interests include intergenerational social mobility and socioeconomic inheritance, social class and stratification, family formation, sociological research methods, welfare state attitudes and social scientific publication patterns. His publications on these topics have appeared in major social scientific journals such as Social Science Research, Social Forces, European Sociological Review, Sociology, Acta Sociologica, Journal European Social Policy and Demography. He is a former PI of ERC Consolidator Grant Project "Intergenerational Cumulative Disadvantage and Resource Compensation (INDIRECT)", the editor of Acta Sociologica and the president of the Westermarck Society, the Finnish sociological association. According to Prof. Erola, he originally started looking at intergenerational social mobility as an interesting side project within his PhD, but “questions of inheritance took over and became what really motivated me as a researcher".
Jani Erola is Professor of Sociology at the University of Turku and the director of INVEST Research Flagship Center (invest.utu.fi). His research interests include intergenerational social mobility and socioeconomic inheritance, social class and stratification, family formation, sociological research methods, welfare state attitudes and social scientific publication patterns. His publications on these topics have appeared in major social scientific journals such as Social Science Research, Social Forces, European Sociological Review, Sociology, Acta Sociologica, Journal European Social Policy and Demography. He is a former PI of ERC Consolidator Grant Project "Intergenerational Cumulative Disadvantage and Resource Compensation (INDIRECT)", the editor of Acta Sociologica and the president of the Westermarck Society, the Finnish sociological association. According to Prof. Erola, he originally started looking at intergenerational social mobility as an interesting side project within his PhD, but “questions of inheritance took over and became what really motivated me as a researcher".
Teaching
- Introductory course lectures on sociology
- Master thesis seminar
- Current topics in social inequality
- Introductory course lectures on sociology
- Master thesis seminar
- Current topics in social inequality
Publications 
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- Uutta vai vanhaa sosiologiaa? (2014)
- Sosiologia
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Editorial note – Wrapping up the past volumes (2013)
- Research On Finnish Society
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Hyvinvointivaltio notkeassa modernissa − Zygmunt Baumanin yhteiskuntapoliittinen aikalaisdiagnoosi (2013)
- Diakonia-Ammattikorkeakoulun Julkaisuja A: Tutkimuksia
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Labor and Love: Wives' Employment and Divorce Risk in its Socio-Political Context (2013)
- Social Politics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Labor and love – Wives' employment and divorce risk in its socio-political context (2013)
- Social Politics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Luokat ja liikkuvuus hyvinvointivaltiossa – John H. Goldthorpen toimintateoreettinen viitekehys (2013)
- Diakonia-Ammattikorkeakoulun Julkaisuja A: Tutkimuksia
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Päättäjät ja tiede (2013)
- A propos - Suomen Akatemian verkkolehti
(Other publication) - Social workers’ perceptions of the causes of poverty in the Nordic countries (2013)
- Journal of European Social Policy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sosiaalinen eriarvoisuus (2013)
- Sosiologia
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Sosiologipäivät Turussa 21.-22.3.2013 – Odottamattomat seuraukset (2013)
- Sosiologia
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Editorial note: National social science in global society (2012)
- Research On Finnish Society
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Family Background and the Life Cycle Effects of Father's Class and Income (2012) Social Stratification. Trends and Processes. Erola Jani
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - More Careful or Less Marriageable? Parental Divorce, Spouse Selection and Entry into Marriage (2012)
- Social Forces
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sibling correlations in family formation based on sequaence data (2012)
- Research papers in economic sociology
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Yhteiskuntaluokat ja yhteiskunnan muutos Suomessa (2012) Mitä Missä Milloin 2013 Erola Jani
(E1 Popularised article) - Editorial note: On scientific expertise and research results (2011)
- Research On Finnish Society
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Kirjoituksia solidaarisuuden käsitteestä (2011)
- Kansalaisyhteiskunta
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Mitä kummaa: tutkimuksestako taloudellinen myös välttämättömyys yliopistoille? (2011) Erola Jani
(E1 Popularised article) - Perhetaustan vaikutus toisen polven maahanmuuttajien kouluttautumiseen Suomessa. - Mahdollisuuksien tasa-arvo stressitestissä? (2011)
- Yhteiskuntapolitiikka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ratkaiseeko raha? (2011) Erola Jani
(E1 Popularised article)
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